Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky PRAGUE, Feb 9, 2011 (IPS) – Repressions in Europe’s last dictatorship show no signs of abating despite EU sanctions and international condemnation. International rights watchdogs warn that human rights abuses in Belarus have reached a "new low", and activists say that no one appears safe [...]
Egypt Cracks Down as U.S. Stands By
November 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 7, 2010 (IPS) – In the face of police brutality, crackdowns on political parties and media, and a host of other violations ahead of Egypt’s Nov. 28 parliamentary election, human rights advocates are calling on President Barack Obama to use U.S. leverage [...]
KGB Back in Fashion in Ukraine
July 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky KIEV, Jul 6, 2010 (IPS) – Regular police torture of suspects, a crackdown on press freedom and the right to assembly, and a return to KGB methods of intimidation and forced collaboration are part of "alarming" breaches of human rights in the Ukraine, international and [...]
THAILAND: Gov’t Tightens Noose on Thaksin with Terrorism Charge
May 31, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 31, 2010 (IPS) – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s list of political firsts has one more entry. He is now wanted as a "terrorist," becoming the first former Thai leader to be slapped with that charge. But this fourth mark of distinction [...]
THAILAND: Bangkok Burns after Protest Leaders Surrender
May 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, May 19, 2010 (IPS) – If there were any hopes that Wednesday’s surrender by the leaders of Thailand’s biggest anti-government protests in decades would instantly ease tensions, these were dashed by the ugly spasms of violence that wracked this capital soon after they turned [...]
THAILAND: Mayhem Has Little Room for Rights, Restraint
May 19, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, MAy 18, 2010 (IPS) – Amid gunfire and street battles here and heated, divided emotions playing out in Thailand’s worst political crisis in decades, there has been little room for discussing human rights, restraint and finding a middle ground. This is despite cautious hope [...]
THAILAND: Violence, Uncertainty Follow Gov’t Crackdown
May 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Johanna Son BANGKOK, May 16, 2010 (IPS) – Burning tyres and buses with plumes of smoke billowing from them. Sniper shots and grenade attacks. Deaths and injuries. No-go zones in the Thai capital. These are what Bangkok residents have been seeing since the evening of May 13, [...]
Thai Premier Turns to Military for Protest Crackdown
April 26, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Apr 25 , 2010 (IPS) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva appears set to gamble his reputation as an urbane cosmopolitan symbol of modern Thailand after shutting the door to a reconciliation offer by anti-government protesters who have occupied the upmarket shopping heartland of Bangkok since [...]
POLITICS-US: Obama ”Appalled” by Iran Repression
June 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Khody Akhavi and Ali Gharib WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (IPS) – Facing a growing chorus of Republican criticism to speak out more forcefully on Iran’s disputed election results, the U.S. president made his harshest statement yet Tuesday, condemning Iran’s leadership for its violent crackdown on protesters. Barack Obama told a [...]
